"It Is the Biggest Joke-Free Zone in Literature"

What is the speaker referrring to? The Quran. Who is the speaker? Roger Scruton. He's a British Conservative with some interesting opinions. Generally, I'm no conservative, but this guy has some fascinating opinions. Mr. Scruton is "a writer and philosopher who lives in rural England."

Here's a link to an article he wrote in 2002 called "Religion of Peace?" Interesting that he wrote these things before the advent of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the bank bombings in Istanbul, the murder of Theo Van Gogh, the death threats against Hirsi Ali and Gert Wilders, Beslan, the downing of two Russian airliners, the July 7 attacks against London, and on and on...

Perhaps he's on to something.
- posted by Marcos @ 12:56 PM (2) comments